Censorship terms

Summary:

[REDACTED], [DATA EXPUNGED] and all that

Censorship terms

Nederbird 19 Feb 2017 19:17

I was thinking we could collect all language varieties of these in one thread.

Since I began translating SCP-060-FR, I've come across three different bracketed terms for censored material: [CENSURE], [DONNÉES EFFACÉES] and [DONNÉES SUPPRIMÉES]. Considering that the English site only runs with two, namely [REDACTED] and [DATA EXPUNGED], I'm left wondering which ones I should use for these three. Or should I just use [CENSORED] for [CENSURE]?

Re: Censorship terms

wanna-amigo 19 Feb 2017 21:03

On PL we also use two terms for censored materials: [ZMIENIONO] (data changed, it can be translated to REDACTED, some data was hidden from given instance of document) and [USUNIĘTO] (Data deleted, it can be translated to DATA EXPUNGED, given data was removed from document), but some authors uses [CENSORED] as generic censorship. I'd say you should use [CENSORED] for [CENSURE].

Re: Censorship terms

Dr_Grom 20 Feb 2017 07:07

Well, afaik to redact means to censor, so I think anything meaning "censored" = [REDACTED]. In the end, [REDACTED] and [DATA EXPUNGED] are the same. Somebody deleted something from that security level (usually level 2 i think) version of the document. I think that [REDACTED] should be used for words or passages that are to long for █, while [DATA EXPUNGED] should be used for whole sections.

The German branch uses [REDACTED] = [ZENSIERT] and [DATA EXPUNGED] = [DATEN GELÖSCHT], sometimes written uncapitalized.

tl;dr: I think we should use the EN-terms, where applicable. If an author uses censorship-"tags" that do not translate to "redacted" or "data expunged", we should translate them literally.

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Re: Censorship terms

Boogey_Man23 21 Feb 2017 06:24

I'm not sure it's necessarily the rule, but as far as I read into it:

• [REDACTED] means that the information has been covered up in that specific iteration of the document.
• [DATA EXPUNGED] means the information has been officially erased (may be accessible in the original copy, or available only on an absolute need-to-know basis)

So I suppose the best thing would be, if possible, to determine which of those situations is more in-line with the author's intention and translate accordingly.

Re: Censorship terms

Nederbird 21 Feb 2017 14:15

Aye, I'm going with that too. Main problem is when something outside that template appears. So far, I've decided to go with [CENSORED] for those specific cases.

Re: Censorship terms

Dr_Grom 21 Feb 2017 08:28

I'd say we need a dictionary for SCP-related terms, like the "Tagtionary".